ms. martinez. ok, the other side of the argument was that plessy was deprived of the equal protection rights of the 14th amendment. now, i have been drilling these amendments into your heads. ok, so the 13th amendment does what? abolishes slavery. the 14th amendment does what? grants citizenship. and the 15th amendment? voting rights for who in particular? black men. ok, great. he said he was deprived of equal protection rights under the 14th amendment. specifically equal protection , rights as being a white man, as looking white. he will try to exploit plessy's looks. now, remember, he wanted someone who looked like that to point to the arbitrary nature of race. he was saying that this was an arbitrary racial classification. so what did he mean by that? he meant, ok, this guy looks to white. he should be what? he should be treated as a white person. does anybody see a danger in that argument? hold that thought. ok. think about this. so, it can their argument -- , forcing him into the colored car -